Refugee diaries: 10 years in immigration detention in Australia

With more than 7,000 men, women and children in migrant detention centres across Australia, the country has earned notoriety for its tough border protection policies, which have been condemned for breaching international human rights.

Behind the barricades are refugees and migrants, who have fled from across the world in the hope of building a new home in Australia.

For many, however, Australia's detention centres have become their unlikely home, with their dreams of freedom shattered by what they say is a never-ending wait to be released.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/refugee-diaries-10-years-immigration-detention-australia-191228024730946.htmlIn February 2019, Australia announced that it would reopen its controversial offshore detention centre on Christmas Island, stepping up the conservative administration's hardline policies towards asylum seekers and refugees [File: AAP Image/Rossbach/Krepp/AFP]

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